by quarantoons | Mar 23, 2021 | Music
This song by former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has always intrigued me – from the opening orchestration I was hooked. The song didn’t really do much here in the States, but in England it won the NME award for Best Single of 2001. The lyrics are an...
by quarantoons | Feb 25, 2021 | Music
When John Genua suggested doing a Green Day tune, I was all in. We decided to do this track from Dookie, with John singing lead and playing lead guitar, me on bass and rhythm guitar (and all 9 words of the background vocals). When I worked in a band with John, I...
by quarantoons | Feb 23, 2021 | Music
Here it is – the 50th song we’ve done for this project! And on such an occasion, we figured ‘Why not swing for the fences?’ So Tommy Dolan and I decided to tackle the opening track from Radiohead’s iconic 1997 album OK Computer. This one...
by quarantoons | Feb 5, 2021 | Music
This one goes back to the near-beginning of the Stones’ extensive catalog – from the 1965 Out Of Our Heads album, and the B-side of the ‘The Last Time’ single. I was thinking of the epic West, Bruce & Laing 13-minute version of the song...
by quarantoons | Feb 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Danny Calvagna due to the COVID virus. Danny was one of the biggest contributors to this site, having done three tracks last year. I’d originally approached Danny with the idea of putting a wicked...
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